Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Союз коммунистических партий — Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза | |
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| Abbreviation | UCP–CPSU (English) SKP–KPSS (Russian) |
| Chairman of the Central Council | Gennady Zyuganov |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Central Council | Kazbek Taysaev |
| Secretariat of the Central Council | Secretariat
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| Founder | Oleg Shenin |
| Founded | 26 March 1993 |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Newspaper | Pravda Pravda Rossii Sovetskaya Rossiya |
| Youth wing | MSKO Komsomol |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism Proletarian internationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union" (Russian: Власть трудящихся, социализм, Советский Союз») |
| Anthem | |
| Post-Soviet states Upper houses | 5 / 283 |
| Post-Soviet states Lower houses | 77 / 2,296 |
| Website | |
| skpkpss.ru | |
The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.
Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin, who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".